In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry. Directed by Renato Castellani Writing credits Renato Castellani (adaptation) Cast (in credits order)complete, awaiting verification Laurence Harvey .... Romeo Susan Shentall .... Juliet Flora Robson .... Nurse Norman Wooland .... Paris Mervyn Johns .... Friar Laurence John Gielgud .... Chorus Bill Travers .... Benvolio Sebastian Cabot .... Capulet Lydia Sherwood .... Lady Capulet Ubaldo Zollo .... Mercutio Enzo Fiermonte .... Tybalt Giovanni Rota .... Prince of Verona Giulio Garbinetto .... Montague Nietta Zocchi .... Lady Montague Carla Diaz Thomas Nicholls .... Friar John (as Tom Nicholls) Mario Meniconi Pietro Capanna Giovanni Gavagnin Faustone Signoretti Luciano Bodi .... Abraham Giovanni Testa Anna Maria Leone rest of cast listed alphabetically: Alma De R
